1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,235 >> GOOD MORNING. 2 00:00:02,235 --> 00:00:03,570 YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SCENE IN 3 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:04,604 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 4 00:00:04,604 --> 00:00:06,806 FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT NASA'S 5 00:00:06,806 --> 00:00:08,408 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON. 6 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:09,542 THIS IS WHERE THERE IS ALWAYS A 7 00:00:09,542 --> 00:00:12,011 TEAM OF SPECIALISTS ON DUTY TO 8 00:00:12,011 --> 00:00:13,113 MONITOR THE SYSTEMS AND WHERE 9 00:00:13,113 --> 00:00:14,381 THEY WORK WITH THE CREW MEMBERS 10 00:00:14,381 --> 00:00:17,050 THROUGH ALL THE TASKS ON THE 11 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:19,018 DAILY AGENDA. 12 00:00:19,018 --> 00:00:20,320 CHRIS CASSIDY AND FLIGHT 13 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,990 ENGINEERS ANATOLYI AND IVAN 14 00:00:23,990 --> 00:00:25,992 WAGNER ARE SPENDING THEIR 15 00:00:25,992 --> 00:00:28,228 UPCOMING WEEKEND OFF DUTY AFTER 16 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:30,697 SCIENCE AND STATION MAINTENANCE 17 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:37,137 ABOARD THEIR HOME IN SPACE. 18 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:39,539 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND. 19 00:00:39,539 --> 00:00:40,974 THIS WEEK CHRIS CASSIDY 20 00:00:40,974 --> 00:00:43,042 CONTINUES RESEARCH INTO HOW THE 21 00:00:43,042 --> 00:00:45,311 BODY REPAIRS DNA DAMAGE IN 22 00:00:45,311 --> 00:00:46,946 SPACE. 23 00:00:46,946 --> 00:00:48,848 DUE TO INCREASED EXPOSURE TO 24 00:00:48,848 --> 00:00:53,686 RADIATION IN SPACE DAMAGE LONG 25 00:00:53,686 --> 00:00:56,222 TERM EFFECTS ON HEALTH. 26 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:57,891 THEY EVALUATE THE ENTIRE PROCESS 27 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,360 BY INDUCING DNA DAMAGES AND 28 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,328 ASSESSING MUTATION AND REPAIR. 29 00:01:02,328 --> 00:01:07,734 ON TUESDAY, CASSIDY SET UP THE 30 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:13,373 SEQUENCER UNDERSTANDING HOW DNA 31 00:01:13,373 --> 00:01:16,509 DAMAGE REPAIRS CAN OCCUR TO 32 00:01:16,509 --> 00:01:17,977 PROTECT ASTRONAUTS NOT ONLY ON 33 00:01:17,977 --> 00:01:20,013 THE SPACE STATION BUT ALSO ON 34 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:21,848 FUTURE MISSIONS TO THE MOON OR 35 00:01:21,848 --> 00:01:22,916 MARS. 36 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:28,588 IN THE JAPANESE AEROSPACE MODULE 37 00:01:28,588 --> 00:01:29,889 CHRIS CASSIDY WORKED ON HARDWARE 38 00:01:29,889 --> 00:01:31,257 THAT GIVES US A LOOK AT THINGS 39 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:34,394 WE CAN'T SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE. 40 00:01:34,394 --> 00:01:36,162 CASSIDY PERFORMED LENS 41 00:01:36,162 --> 00:01:38,598 COLLECTION FOR THE SET UP AND 42 00:01:38,598 --> 00:01:40,967 CLOSEOUT REMOVING THE LENSES 43 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:44,037 FROM THE AQUATIC HABITAT AND 44 00:01:44,037 --> 00:01:45,505 REINSTALLING THEM IN THE 45 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:47,440 JAPANESE EXPERIMENT MODULE 46 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:53,546 HELPING MAINTAINING THE 47 00:01:53,546 --> 00:01:54,314 MICROSCOPE ITSELF. 48 00:01:54,314 --> 00:01:56,950 THEY PROVIDE A GREATER 49 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,418 RESOLUTION ON THE SUBJECT OF 50 00:01:58,418 --> 00:01:58,818 INTEREST. 51 00:01:58,818 --> 00:02:01,020 IT ALLOWS DATA TO BE OBTAINED 52 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:02,689 REAL TIME ON THE FUNDAMENTAL 53 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:08,695 NATURE ON CELLULAR TISSUE 54 00:02:08,695 --> 00:02:09,496 STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS. 55 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:10,897 IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD CHANCE TO 56 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:13,867 ANSWER NATALIE'S QUESTION ON 57 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:15,201 WHAT WEEKENDS ARE LIKE ON 58 00:02:15,201 --> 00:02:18,338 PRESIDENT SPACE STATION. 59 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:20,607 ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE USUALLY GET 60 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:22,242 WEEKENDS OFF TOO AND ENJOY 61 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:23,376 TALKING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY 62 00:02:23,376 --> 00:02:25,178 AND TAKING PHOTOS AND READING 63 00:02:25,178 --> 00:02:27,013 AND WATCHING MOVIES AND MORE. 64 00:02:27,013 --> 00:02:28,615 HOWEVER THERE ARE A COUPLE OF 65 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:30,149 TASKS ON THEIR SCHEDULES. 66 00:02:30,149 --> 00:02:31,150 ASTRONAUTS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO 67 00:02:31,150 --> 00:02:32,952 WORK OUT FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS EACH 68 00:02:32,952 --> 00:02:34,821 DAY AND THEY ALSO TAKE SOME TIME 69 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:37,190 TO TIDY UP THEIR HOME IN LOW 70 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:38,825 EARTH ORBIT. 71 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:41,928 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS 72 00:02:41,928 --> 00:02:49,335 USING THE #ASKNASA. 73 00:02:49,335 --> 00:02:57,310 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 74 00:02:57,310 --> 00:02:58,645 CHRIS CASSIDY IS A U.S. NAVY 75 00:02:58,645 --> 00:03:00,046 CAPTAIN WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE 76 00:03:00,046 --> 00:03:01,915 IN MATH FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY 77 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:03,583 AND MASTER'S IN OCEAN 78 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:04,717 ENGINEERING FROM M.I.T. 79 00:03:04,717 --> 00:03:06,519 LITHIUM-ION HE ALSO SERVED 11 80 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:10,590 YEARS AS A NAVY SEAL BEFORE 81 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:11,824 BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT. 82 00:03:11,824 --> 00:03:13,393 BUT YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW 83 00:03:13,393 --> 00:03:14,561 SOMEONE UNTIL YOU KNOW THINGS 84 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:16,696 LIKE THEIR FAVORITE MUSICAL 85 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,197 INSTRUMENT AND WHAT THEY HOPE TO 86 00:03:18,197 --> 00:03:18,665 BE REMEMBERED FOR. 87 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:20,333 HE SPREAD LIGHT ON THESE THINGS 88 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:22,535 AND MORE AS THE CLOCK COUNTED 89 00:03:22,535 --> 00:03:32,612 DOWN TO HIS THIRD TRIP TO SPACE. 90 00:03:32,612 --> 00:03:34,881 WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? 91 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:35,214 >> FALL. 92 00:03:35,214 --> 00:03:37,684 >> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE 93 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:38,351 CONSTELLATION? 94 00:03:38,351 --> 00:03:39,052 >> ORION. 95 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:40,119 >> FAVORITE INSTRUMENT? 96 00:03:40,119 --> 00:03:45,758 >> THE VIOLA. 97 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:47,126 >> MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON. 98 00:03:47,126 --> 00:03:47,894 >> MORNING. 99 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:49,228 >> ONE THING YOU'RE AFRAID OF 100 00:03:49,228 --> 00:03:50,096 >> SCREWING UP ON A SPACE 101 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:50,897 MISSION. 102 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:53,232 >> ONE THING YOU HAVE IN YOUR 103 00:03:53,232 --> 00:03:53,766 REFRIGERATOR 104 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:54,367 >> PESTO 105 00:03:54,367 --> 00:03:56,803 >> FAVORITE BOOK. 106 00:03:56,803 --> 00:03:58,338 >> MONTE CASE TOW. 107 00:03:58,338 --> 00:03:59,038 >> MOVIE. 108 00:03:59,038 --> 00:04:02,909 >> SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. 109 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:05,378 >> DANCE MOVE, SPRINKLER. 110 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:06,179 >> ACCOMPLISHMENT YOU ARE MOST 111 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:07,013 PROUD OF. 112 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:10,383 >> BEING GRADUATE OF SEAL 113 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:10,783 TRAINING. 114 00:04:10,783 --> 00:04:12,218 >> NEXT ITEM ON YOUR BUCKET 115 00:04:12,218 --> 00:04:12,685 LIST. 116 00:04:12,685 --> 00:04:13,419 >> WELCOMING ONE OF THE 117 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:15,221 COMMERCIAL CREWS ON BOARD THE 118 00:04:15,221 --> 00:04:16,923 SPACE STATION. 119 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:18,024 >> ADVISE YOU WOULD GIVE 120 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:19,492 >> COMMUNICATE MORE OFTEN. 121 00:04:19,492 --> 00:04:21,060 >> WHO INSPIRES YOU? 122 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:24,297 >> ANYBODY THAT DOES UNSOLICITED 123 00:04:24,297 --> 00:04:24,998 UNSELFISH ACTS 124 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:25,999 >> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE 125 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:28,568 REMEMBERED FOR? 126 00:04:28,568 --> 00:04:31,471 >> HAVING THE GREATEST NBA 3 127 00:04:31,471 --> 00:04:49,255 POINT PERCENTAGE. 128 00:04:49,255 --> 00:04:49,889 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 129 00:04:49,889 --> 00:04:50,890 STATION IS A WORKING LABORATORY 130 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,659 IN SPACE AND SOLAR ENERGY IS A 131 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:53,760 KEY ELEMENT IN KEEPING IT 132 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,194 RUNNING. 133 00:04:55,194 --> 00:04:57,230 ASTRONAUTS RELY ON THIS 134 00:04:57,230 --> 00:04:59,032 RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE TO POWER 135 00:04:59,032 --> 00:05:00,266 THE MACHINES AS WELL AS THE ONES 136 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:02,769 THEY NEED FOR SURVIVAL. 137 00:05:02,769 --> 00:05:04,137 IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO 138 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:06,806 ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD EXPLAINS 139 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:08,408 THE PROCESS OF GENERATING POWER 140 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:10,109 TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY FOR 141 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:12,245 ASTRONAUTS AS THEY ORBIT 250 142 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:29,328 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE. 143 00:05:29,328 --> 00:05:29,629 HI. 144 00:05:29,629 --> 00:05:30,997 WELCOME ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL 145 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:31,664 SPACE STATION. 146 00:05:31,664 --> 00:05:33,499 I'M ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD AND 147 00:05:33,499 --> 00:05:36,169 I'M AT ONE OF OUR HUMAN RESEARCH 148 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,437 FACILITIES ON I.S.S. WHERE YOU 149 00:05:37,437 --> 00:05:40,239 CAN SEE CENTRIFUGES, LAPTOPS AND 150 00:05:40,239 --> 00:05:42,675 OTHER SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT. 151 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:44,610 ACROSS FROM ME IS ANOTHER RACK 152 00:05:44,610 --> 00:05:46,579 WHERE YOU CAN SEE ULTRASOUND 153 00:05:46,579 --> 00:05:48,314 IMAGING AND MORE LAPTOPS AND 154 00:05:48,314 --> 00:05:49,816 CAMERAS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND 155 00:05:49,816 --> 00:05:51,050 ALL STUFF THAT REQUIRES 156 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:52,351 ELECTRICAL POWER. 157 00:05:52,351 --> 00:05:53,619 IN FACT WE HAVE SO MUCH 158 00:05:53,619 --> 00:05:54,921 EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND LIFE 159 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:56,622 SUPPORT THAT OUR SYSTEM HAS 160 00:05:56,622 --> 00:05:59,225 ABOUT 8 MILES OR 13 KILOMETERS 161 00:05:59,225 --> 00:06:01,094 OF WIRING TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. 162 00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:03,362 SO WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM? 163 00:06:03,362 --> 00:06:07,867 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 164 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:09,869 YOU CAN EASILY SEE THE SOLAR 165 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:13,206 ARRAYS SOAKING IN THE SUNLIGHT. 166 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,374 THESE 4 SOLAR ARRAYS ARE MADE OF 167 00:06:15,374 --> 00:06:17,210 CELLS WHICH ARE PURE IDENTIFIED 168 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:19,912 CHUNKS. 169 00:06:19,912 --> 00:06:23,416 THEY CREATE A TOTAL OF 262,400 170 00:06:23,416 --> 00:06:25,618 SOLAR CELLS AND COVER AN AREA OF 171 00:06:25,618 --> 00:06:26,486 27,000 SQUARE FEET. 172 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:27,754 MORE THAN HALF THE AREA OF A 173 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:28,387 FOOTBALL FIELD. 174 00:06:28,387 --> 00:06:30,523 THAT'S HUGE. 175 00:06:30,523 --> 00:06:32,592 WHEN THE STATION IS IN SUNLIGHT 176 00:06:32,592 --> 00:06:34,961 THE SOLAR ARRAYS PRODUCE 60% 177 00:06:34,961 --> 00:06:36,596 MORE POWER THAN WE NEED DURING 178 00:06:36,596 --> 00:06:37,563 THE DAYTIME. 179 00:06:37,563 --> 00:06:39,532 THAT EXTRA POWER GOES DIRECTLY 180 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:43,102 THROUGH CHARGING OUR LITHIUM-ION 181 00:06:43,102 --> 00:06:43,770 BATTERIES. 182 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:46,339 THEY PROVIDE THE POWER WE NEED 183 00:06:46,339 --> 00:06:47,874 DURING THE 16 NIGHT TIMES WE 184 00:06:47,874 --> 00:06:49,442 HAVE PER DAY HERE ON THE SPACE 185 00:06:49,442 --> 00:06:50,476 STATION. 186 00:06:50,476 --> 00:06:52,745 THE ENERGY OUR SOLAR ARRAYS CAN 187 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:54,247 PRODUCE IS ENOUGH TO POWER 40 188 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:55,948 HOMES AND WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE 189 00:06:55,948 --> 00:06:58,885 POWER WE GENERATE. 190 00:06:58,885 --> 00:07:00,553 ONE LIKE A WIND MILL TO TRACK 191 00:07:00,553 --> 00:07:02,088 THE SUN THROUGH THE COURSE OF 192 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:03,823 THE DAY AND THE OTHER TO ATTRACT 193 00:07:03,823 --> 00:07:05,591 THE SUN'S INCLINATION OR ANGLE 194 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:07,426 IN THE SKY. 195 00:07:07,426 --> 00:07:09,162 THE SPACE STATION'S ELECTRICAL 196 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:11,397 POWER SYSTEM USES DIRECT CURRENT 197 00:07:11,397 --> 00:07:13,599 TO PROVIDE ENERGY FOR WATER 198 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:15,234 RECOVERY AND SCIENCE 199 00:07:15,234 --> 00:07:16,969 EXPERIMENTS. 200 00:07:16,969 --> 00:07:19,472 THANKS FOR COMING ABOARD AND NOW 201 00:07:19,472 --> 00:07:45,331 BACK TO EARTH. 202 00:07:45,331 --> 00:07:47,466 MANY NASA ASTRONAUTS WHO HAVE 203 00:07:47,466 --> 00:07:49,702 BEEN TO SPACE FOR AN EXTENDED 204 00:07:49,702 --> 00:07:51,037 PERIOD OF TIME RETURN TO EARTH 205 00:07:51,037 --> 00:07:52,605 WITH A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE 206 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:54,040 PLANET THEY LEFT BEHIND. 207 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,241 IT'S ALSO BEEN TRUE FOR THOSE 208 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:57,643 WHO TOOK A TRIP TO SPACE ON A 209 00:07:57,643 --> 00:07:58,811 SHUTTLE MISSION THAT ONLY LASTED 210 00:07:58,811 --> 00:07:59,679 A WEEK OR SO. 211 00:07:59,679 --> 00:08:01,447 TAKE IT FROM FORMER ASTRONAUT 212 00:08:01,447 --> 00:08:03,649 BILL MACARTHUR WHO MADE BOTH 213 00:08:03,649 --> 00:08:04,517 KINDS OF TRIPS. 214 00:08:04,517 --> 00:08:07,320 HE HAS A SHIFT IN HIS WORLD VIEW 215 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,055 AFTER SEEING THE WORLD AT THAT 216 00:08:09,055 --> 00:08:21,868 DISTANCE. 217 00:08:21,868 --> 00:08:32,511 >> WHEN YOU FIRST GET TO ORBIT 218 00:08:32,511 --> 00:08:33,980 MAIN ENGINE CUTS OFF AND IT'S 219 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:36,315 REALLY FUNNY -- NOT FUNNY BUT 220 00:08:36,315 --> 00:08:37,516 FUN TO WATCH EVERYONE. 221 00:08:37,516 --> 00:08:39,819 I THINK EVERYONE TAKES WHATEVER 222 00:08:39,819 --> 00:08:42,388 WRITING UTENSIL AND RELEASES IT 223 00:08:42,388 --> 00:08:44,790 BECAUSE IT'S -- I WANT TO SEE 224 00:08:44,790 --> 00:08:45,825 SOMETHING FLOAT. 225 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:47,860 YEAH, I KNOW I FEEL FLOATY BUT 226 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:49,295 NOW I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING 227 00:08:49,295 --> 00:08:49,962 FLOAT. 228 00:08:49,962 --> 00:08:51,497 AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, 229 00:08:51,497 --> 00:08:53,532 PARTICULARLY YOUR FIRST TIME 230 00:08:53,532 --> 00:09:03,175 FLYER IT'S TO THE WINDOW. 231 00:09:03,175 --> 00:09:04,911 FIRST THING IS HOW BEAUTIFUL IT 232 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:07,613 IS. 233 00:09:07,613 --> 00:09:09,348 IT'S DARN EXCITING AND SO 234 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:10,549 IMMEDIATELY YOU'RE TRYING TO 235 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:16,622 IDENTIFY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES. 236 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,658 YOU LOOK AND YOU SEE THINGS LIKE 237 00:09:18,658 --> 00:09:23,629 A MASSIVE THUNDERSTORM COMING UP 238 00:09:23,629 --> 00:09:25,231 AND IT REALLY DOES COME UP AT 239 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:25,564 YOU. 240 00:09:25,564 --> 00:09:27,700 IT IS THAT TANGIBLE NATURE OF 241 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:29,702 WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT REALLY 242 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:37,176 DOES TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. 243 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:39,245 I WORRIED MY FAMILY WHEN I WAS 244 00:09:39,245 --> 00:09:40,513 SENDING THEM NOTES BECAUSE I 245 00:09:40,513 --> 00:09:42,648 STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE BLACK 246 00:09:42,648 --> 00:09:44,583 VELVET OF DEEP SPACE. 247 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:46,018 YOU LOOK AT THE SKY HERE ON 248 00:09:46,018 --> 00:09:48,888 EARTH AND IT'S LIKE MILKY WAY OR 249 00:09:48,888 --> 00:09:50,022 THOSE THIN CLOUDS UP THERE AND 250 00:09:50,022 --> 00:09:51,691 WHAT AM I LOOKING AT? 251 00:09:51,691 --> 00:09:53,259 BUT EVERYTHING IS REALLY, REALLY 252 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:55,227 VIVID AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER 253 00:09:55,227 --> 00:09:58,297 PART OF THE VISUAL ASPECT 254 00:09:58,297 --> 00:09:59,598 WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING AT OR 255 00:09:59,598 --> 00:10:00,833 DOWN, IT'S PART OF THE SAME 256 00:10:00,833 --> 00:10:04,236 THING OF TAKING A PICTURE OF 257 00:10:04,236 --> 00:10:08,207 SOMEONE AND NOTHING CAPTURES 258 00:10:08,207 --> 00:10:11,777 VIVID COLORS AND TEXTURE AND 259 00:10:11,777 --> 00:10:13,112 SUBTLETY LIKE THE HUMAN EYE 260 00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:13,446 DOES. 261 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:14,613 WHEN YOU'RE IN SPACE IT'S THE 262 00:10:14,613 --> 00:10:15,147 SAME THING. 263 00:10:15,147 --> 00:10:18,084 I THINK THAT'S IN PART WHY IT'S 264 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:21,253 SUCH A POWERFUL PERSONAL 265 00:10:21,253 --> 00:10:22,788 EXPERIENCE. 266 00:10:22,788 --> 00:10:24,323 AS MUCH AS WE LOVE THE PICTURES 267 00:10:24,323 --> 00:10:35,134 THAT WE BRING BACK -- THERE'S A 268 00:10:35,134 --> 00:10:38,204 CERTAIN SERENITY THAT COMES. 269 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:39,405 IT'S NOT JUST FROM WHAT YOU HAVE 270 00:10:39,405 --> 00:10:43,275 SEEN BUT REALIZING A TREMENDOUS 271 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:44,243 GOAL THAT YOU HAVE. 272 00:10:44,243 --> 00:10:46,846 THAT'S SOMETHING RIGHT AFTER I 273 00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:50,516 GOT ON ORBIT THE FIRST TIME IS 274 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:56,322 HEAVEN FORBID I COULD PARISH NOW 275 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:58,057 OR I COULD NEVER FLY AGAIN, BUT 276 00:10:58,057 --> 00:10:59,425 NOTHING CAN TAKE THIS EXPERIENCE 277 00:10:59,425 --> 00:11:01,427 AWAY. 278 00:11:01,427 --> 00:11:03,095 I OWN THIS EXPERIENCE. 279 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:17,877 IT IS MINE FOREVER. 280 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:19,378 >> CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST 281 00:11:19,378 --> 00:11:20,846 BE LIKE FOR SCIENTISTS WHO SPEND 282 00:11:20,846 --> 00:11:22,281 YEARS OF THEIR LIVES DEVELOPING 283 00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:24,116 AND DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT TO 284 00:11:24,116 --> 00:11:25,484 FINALLY WATCH IT BLAST OFF THE 285 00:11:25,484 --> 00:11:27,853 PLANET ON THE TOP 0 OF A ROCKET? 286 00:11:27,853 --> 00:11:29,455 WELL, IN THIS EPISODE OF THE NEW 287 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:31,424 SERIES NASA EXPLORES YOU CAN 288 00:11:31,424 --> 00:11:33,826 WATCH A PAIR OF RESEARCHERS GO 289 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:34,960 THROUGH THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE 290 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,729 OF LAUNCHING ALL THEIR HARD WORK 291 00:11:36,729 --> 00:11:55,815 STRAIGHT INTO SPACE. 292 00:11:55,815 --> 00:11:57,750 I GREW UP HERE IN FLORIDA. 293 00:11:57,750 --> 00:12:00,119 I CAME TO THIS VERY SPOT OUT 294 00:12:00,119 --> 00:12:00,886 HERE AS A KID. 295 00:12:00,886 --> 00:12:03,856 MY DAD WOULD TAKE US TO LUNCH 296 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:04,690 ALL THE TIME. 297 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:06,792 PERSONALLY, THE KID IN ME COMES 298 00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:08,327 OUT WHEN I COME HERE. IT'S 299 00:12:08,327 --> 00:12:09,528 REALLY COOL. 300 00:12:09,528 --> 00:12:11,163 I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES AND 301 00:12:11,163 --> 00:12:14,400 RESEARCHER AND NOW A HELPING 302 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,801 RESEARCHER AND I GOT TO SAY IT'S 303 00:12:15,801 --> 00:12:20,172 NERVOUS ON BOTH SIDES. 304 00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:21,540 I HAVE A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED AS 305 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:22,808 A PAYLOAD PROVIDER. 306 00:12:22,808 --> 00:12:24,343 YOU HOPE YOU CHECKED ALL THE 307 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:25,811 BOXES AND YOU HAVE DONE ALL THAT 308 00:12:25,811 --> 00:12:27,546 YOU CAN DO TO MAKE EVERYTHING 309 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:29,315 WORK FOR THE RESEARCHERS SO THEY 310 00:12:29,315 --> 00:12:36,422 GET GOOD DATA. 311 00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:37,189 IT'S WORTH ALL THE WORK. 312 00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:38,791 SOME OF THE BIGGEST DISCOVERIES 313 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:40,559 WE MADE AND ARE GOING TO FIND UP 314 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:41,827 ON THE SPACE STATION. 315 00:12:41,827 --> 00:12:44,663 IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 316 00:12:44,663 --> 00:12:46,031 >> WE'VE BEEN REALLY NERVOUS 317 00:12:46,031 --> 00:12:47,800 RIGHT UP UNTIL RIGHT THIS 318 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:48,634 MOMENT. 319 00:12:48,634 --> 00:12:51,871 NERVOUS THAT OUR DREAMS AREN'T 320 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:52,671 ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. 321 00:12:52,671 --> 00:12:55,074 BUT NOW THAT THE LARGER 322 00:12:55,074 --> 00:12:57,743 COUNTDOWN IS HAPPENING AND THE 323 00:12:57,743 --> 00:12:59,478 ROCKET IS ALL FUELLED UP AND 324 00:12:59,478 --> 00:13:01,113 EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING 325 00:13:01,113 --> 00:13:03,549 TO HAPPEN ON TIME IT'S GETTING 326 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:03,849 EXCITED. 327 00:13:03,849 --> 00:13:05,518 THE LAST 15 MINUTE WINDOW BEFORE 328 00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:15,628 IT TAKES OFF. 329 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,029 THANKS TO THE ASTRONAUTS WORKING 330 00:13:17,029 --> 00:13:18,397 ON THIS PROJECT ON STATION. 331 00:13:18,397 --> 00:13:20,866 A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED ON THIS. 332 00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:22,601 IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE -- IT'S 333 00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:46,425 BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE. 334 00:13:46,425 --> 00:13:49,461 THE STATION CELEBRATES ITS 20TH 335 00:13:49,461 --> 00:14:02,208 ANNIVERSARY. 336 00:14:02,208 --> 00:14:03,142 IT'S INCREDIBLE JUST TO WATCH IT 337 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:04,009 NO MATTER WHAT. 338 00:14:04,009 --> 00:14:07,079 BUT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A 339 00:14:07,079 --> 00:14:08,714 PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN IT MAKES 340 00:14:08,714 --> 00:14:10,382 A BIG DIFFERENCE. 341 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:13,319 >> JUST KNOWING THAT SOMETHING 342 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:15,754 THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND 343 00:14:15,754 --> 00:14:18,123 THEN WATCHING THE WHOLE 344 00:14:18,123 --> 00:14:19,191 EXPERIENCE MAKES IT JUST 345 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:22,194 DIFFERENT. 346 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:23,462 REALLY I CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT 347 00:14:23,462 --> 00:14:26,799 WORDS TO EXPLAIN IT. 348 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:28,701 IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE THE 349 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,636 WORK LEADING UP TO IT IS WORTH 350 00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:32,938 WHILE. 351 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:35,774 AND LIKE SOMEONE YOU'VE BEEN 352 00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:38,544 WORKING WITH FOR SUCH A LONG 353 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:43,048 TIME AND I THINK YOU COULDN'T 354 00:14:43,048 --> 00:14:46,285 GET BETTER IS ALL I CAN SAY. 355 00:14:46,285 --> 00:14:47,920 I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT WITH 356 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:55,160 ANYONE ELSE. 357 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,263 IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO WATCH 358 00:14:57,263 --> 00:15:16,215 IT TOGETHER. 359 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:18,784 OUR SCIENTIST EXPERIMENT IS 360 00:15:18,784 --> 00:15:20,019 OFFICIALLY ON ITS WAY TO THE 361 00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:20,653 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 362 00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:24,390 THE SPACE X DRAGON CAPSULE NOW 363 00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:26,091 MUST MAKE THE LAST LEG OF ITS 364 00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:27,393 JOURNEY TO THE HANDS OF THE 365 00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:29,295 ASTRONAUTS IN MICROGRAVITY. 366 00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:31,263 WHAT'S NEAT FOR US WE'VE GOT CAR 367 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:32,798 GO VEHICLES COMING AND GOING TO 368 00:15:32,798 --> 00:15:33,932 THE I.S.S. ALL THE TIME. 369 00:15:33,932 --> 00:15:36,435 IT IS REALLY LIKE A BUSY PARKING 370 00:15:36,435 --> 00:15:36,935 LOT. 371 00:15:36,935 --> 00:15:38,203 VEHICLES COME IN AND THEY STAY 372 00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:39,838 FOR A FEW MONTHS AND WE DO A 373 00:15:39,838 --> 00:15:41,140 WHOLE BUNCH OF SCIENCE AND THEY 374 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:42,308 LEAVE AGAIN AND BEFORE YOU KNOW 375 00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:43,809 IT THE NEXT ONE IS COME UP. 376 00:15:43,809 --> 00:15:45,110 WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, 377 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:46,545 THESE VEHICLES CANNOT DOCK 378 00:15:46,545 --> 00:15:47,813 THEMSELVES TO THE SPACE STATION. 379 00:15:47,813 --> 00:15:48,881 WE HAVE TO BRING THEM INTO THE 380 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:51,016 SPACE STATION UTILIZING ROBOTICS 381 00:15:51,016 --> 00:15:52,584 AND WHAT I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE 382 00:15:52,584 --> 00:15:54,586 IS PERFORMING ROBOTICS GOING OUT 383 00:15:54,586 --> 00:15:56,255 AND CAPTURING THAT VEHICLE IS 384 00:15:56,255 --> 00:15:57,956 LIKE A REALLY DIFFICULT VIDEO 385 00:15:57,956 --> 00:15:58,991 GAME. 386 00:15:58,991 --> 00:16:00,526 AND SO WE PRACTICE OVER AND OVER 387 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:03,595 AND OVER AGAIN USING COMPUTER 388 00:16:03,595 --> 00:16:04,930 SIMULATION ON HOW TO CAPTURE 389 00:16:04,930 --> 00:16:06,965 THAT CARGO VEHICLE TO BRING IT 390 00:16:06,965 --> 00:16:07,633 INTO STATION. 391 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:09,268 ONCE THAT VEHICLE DOCKS TO 392 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:11,070 STATION, WE DO A SERIES OF 393 00:16:11,070 --> 00:16:12,338 PRESSURE CHECKS AND EQUALIZE 394 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:13,405 THAT PRESSURE WITH THE 395 00:16:13,405 --> 00:16:14,873 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 396 00:16:14,873 --> 00:16:16,375 FINALLY WE GET TO OPEN THE 397 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:17,109 HATCH. 398 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:18,811 VERY QUICKLY THE CREWS STARTS TO 399 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:20,713 MOVE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME 400 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:23,349 EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY 401 00:16:23,349 --> 00:16:24,650 KEPT AND WE HAVE TO TRANSFER 402 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:26,051 THEM QUICKLY OUT AND KEEP THEM 403 00:16:26,051 --> 00:16:27,286 AT THE SAME TEMPERATURE THERE ON 404 00:16:27,286 --> 00:16:39,231 BOARD THE SPACE STATION. 405 00:16:39,231 --> 00:16:41,166 IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS THAT 406 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:42,801 ASTRONAUTS MUST REMOVE FROM 407 00:16:42,801 --> 00:16:43,102 DRAGON. 408 00:16:43,102 --> 00:16:43,902 WITH THE EXPERIMENT FINALLY 409 00:16:43,902 --> 00:16:48,140 ABOARD THE SPACE STATION IT'S 410 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:51,043 TIME TO CONDUCT SCIENCE AND 411 00:16:51,043 --> 00:16:52,111 MICROGRAVITY. 412 00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:53,379 >> THIS IS FANTASTIC FOR ME. 413 00:16:53,379 --> 00:16:55,547 THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME AS A 414 00:16:55,547 --> 00:16:57,349 CLINICIAN, SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT 415 00:16:57,349 --> 00:16:58,550 TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THAT SORT 416 00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:11,130 OF SCIENCE ON STATION. 417 00:17:11,130 --> 00:17:12,765 WE KNOW THAT SCIENTISTS PLAY A 418 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:14,900 HUGE ROLE IN HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 419 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:16,702 MISSIONS BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT 420 00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:18,070 STUDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED TOO. 421 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:20,806 NASA RELIES ON THEM TO TAKE PART 422 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:24,376 IN MICROG NEXT THAT ALLOWS THEM 423 00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:26,011 TO PUT THEIR ENGINEERING SKILLS 424 00:17:26,011 --> 00:18:25,537 TO THE TEST. 425 00:18:25,537 --> 00:18:27,339 THERE IS ONE THING THAT EXPLORES 426 00:18:27,339 --> 00:18:29,241 ALL THROUGHOUT TIME HAS HAD IN 427 00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:29,875 COMMON. 428 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:31,376 THEY'RE ALL AT THE MERCY OF 429 00:18:31,376 --> 00:18:31,777 WEATHER. 430 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,078 WHILE THINGS LIKE RAIN AND WIND 431 00:18:33,078 --> 00:18:34,880 AND LIGHTNING ALL FACTOR IN, YOU 432 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,748 CAN'T FORGET ABOUT RADIATION. 433 00:18:36,748 --> 00:18:38,317 THE ASTRONAUTS IN THE SYSTEMS ON 434 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:40,586 THEIR FUTURE SPACE VEHICLES WELL 435 00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:42,955 HAVE TO BE PROTECTED AND THAT'S 436 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,656 WHY TODAY'S SCIENTISTS ARE 437 00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:45,858 WORKING HARD TO IMPROVE OUR 438 00:18:45,858 --> 00:18:48,360 ABILITY TO ACTIVELY FORECAST 439 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:53,465 DANGEROUS SPACE WEATHER. 440 00:18:53,465 --> 00:19:05,544 THE SPACING WE TRAVEL THROUGH. 441 00:19:05,544 --> 00:19:08,714 WHEN SEAFARING NATIONS BEGIN TO 442 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:09,982 EXPLORE ONE OF THE BIGGEST 443 00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:11,750 CONCERNS IN MAKING THE JOURNEY 444 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:13,385 SAFELY WAS HOW TO COPE WITH 445 00:19:13,385 --> 00:19:13,685 WEATHER. 446 00:19:13,685 --> 00:19:15,587 THEY CAN HARNESS THE WIND FOR 447 00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:16,955 POWER AND THEY COULD RELY ON THE 448 00:19:16,955 --> 00:19:18,390 SUN AND THE STARS FOR 449 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:19,358 NAVIGATION. 450 00:19:19,358 --> 00:19:21,860 THEY COULD BUILD STURDY SHIPS 451 00:19:21,860 --> 00:19:25,163 BUT IF A STORM ROSE SUDDENLY 452 00:19:25,163 --> 00:19:31,537 THEY WERE AT NATURE'S MERCY. 453 00:19:31,537 --> 00:19:33,739 WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF EXPLORING 454 00:19:33,739 --> 00:19:35,974 NEW WORLDS AND ONCE AGAIN ONE OF 455 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:37,376 OUR CONCERNS ABOUT TRAVELING 456 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:39,177 LONG DISTANCES IS THE WEATHER. 457 00:19:39,177 --> 00:19:40,412 SPACE WEATHER. 458 00:19:40,412 --> 00:19:42,548 WHILE SPACE IS A VACUUM, IT'S 459 00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:46,552 NOT 100% EMPTY. 460 00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:48,654 PARTICLES, ENERGY AND MAGNETIC 461 00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:50,389 FIELDS TRAVEL THROUGH THE VOID. 462 00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:52,257 MUCH OF THESE EMANATE FROM THE 463 00:19:52,257 --> 00:19:54,092 SUN'S CORONA AS PART OF AN 464 00:19:54,092 --> 00:19:56,862 OUTWARD FLOW KNOWN AS SOLAR WIND 465 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,730 WHICH STRETCHES WELL BEYOND THE 466 00:19:58,730 --> 00:20:00,399 ORBIT OF NEPTUNE. 467 00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:01,934 THERE ARE ALSO HIGH ENERGY 468 00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:03,769 PARTICLES OR COSMIC RAYS IN THE 469 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:06,772 MIX WHICH TRAVEL VAST DISTANCES 470 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:09,641 FROM DYING STARS OR SUPER NOVA. 471 00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:13,946 EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD ACT AS A 472 00:20:13,946 --> 00:20:16,248 SHIELD AGAINST THE MOST HARMFUL 473 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:18,116 FORMS BUT IN SPACE THERE IS NO 474 00:20:18,116 --> 00:20:20,052 SUCH DETERRENT. 475 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,420 IF WE WANT TO TRAVEL THROUGH 476 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:23,622 THIS SPACE, WE NEED WAYS TO 477 00:20:23,622 --> 00:20:25,657 PROTECT OUR ASTRONAUTS. 478 00:20:25,657 --> 00:20:28,126 THESE PARTICLES CAN EFFECT OUR 479 00:20:28,126 --> 00:20:30,128 TECHNOLOGIES TRIPPING ON BOARD 480 00:20:30,128 --> 00:20:32,497 ELECTRONS. 481 00:20:32,497 --> 00:20:34,099 SPACE WEATHER SCIENTIST AT 482 00:20:34,099 --> 00:20:37,603 NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT 483 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:38,670 CENTER NOTES WE ARE WORKING HARD 484 00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:40,639 TO FORECAST WHEN THESE PARTICLES 485 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:42,641 WILL BE AT THEIR PEAK SUCH AS 486 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:48,447 DURING SOLAR FLAIRS. 487 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:49,781 ACUTE EXPOSURE TO THESE 488 00:20:49,781 --> 00:20:50,749 PARTICLES IS A SERIOUS CONCERN 489 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:53,151 FOR ASTRONAUTS AND INSTRUMENTS. 490 00:20:53,151 --> 00:20:55,053 THEREFORE, HAVING A BETTER 491 00:20:55,053 --> 00:20:56,989 UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN TO EXPECT 492 00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:59,524 SOLAR ACTIVITY IS IMPORTANT FOR 493 00:20:59,524 --> 00:21:01,059 SAFELY SENDING OUR ASTRONAUTS 494 00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:04,196 AND SPACE CRAFT THROUGH SPACE. 495 00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:05,864 IRONICALLY, SUCH SPACE WEATHER 496 00:21:05,864 --> 00:21:07,332 ACTIVITY CAN ACTUALLY PROTECT 497 00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:08,967 AGAINST ANOTHER THREAT TO 498 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:10,969 ASTRONAUTS, THE SUN'S ACTIVITY 499 00:21:10,969 --> 00:21:15,707 CAN BLOCK DANGEROUS COSMIC RAYS 500 00:21:15,707 --> 00:21:16,475 COMING FROM OTHER STARS WHICH 501 00:21:16,475 --> 00:21:18,877 ARE CONSTANTLY PRESENT DEALING 502 00:21:18,877 --> 00:21:20,846 THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SYSTEM 503 00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:22,247 NASA TRIES TO UNDERSTAND AND 504 00:21:22,247 --> 00:21:23,615 MITIGATE FOR OUR SPACE 505 00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:24,616 TRAVELLERS. 506 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:27,152 OVER TIME, SEA CAPTAINS LEARNED 507 00:21:27,152 --> 00:21:28,553 WHEN TO SALE THEIR SHIPS AND 508 00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:31,356 WHEN TO STAY IN HARBOR. 509 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:33,125 BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE 510 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:34,059 WEATHER. 511 00:21:34,059 --> 00:21:35,861 IT'S MORE RISKY TO BE ON THE 512 00:21:35,861 --> 00:21:37,329 WATER DURING HURRICANE SEASON 513 00:21:37,329 --> 00:21:39,631 AND YOU'D WANT TO CONSIDER 514 00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:43,535 AVOIDING THE NORTHEAST COAST OF 515 00:21:43,535 --> 00:21:44,770 AMERICA DURING THE HEIGHT OF 516 00:21:44,770 --> 00:21:45,404 WINTER. 517 00:21:45,404 --> 00:21:47,072 IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE 518 00:21:47,072 --> 00:21:47,739 DOING TODAY. 519 00:21:47,739 --> 00:21:49,675 WE'RE CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING AND 520 00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:51,710 TESTING NEW MODELS TO PREDICT 521 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:53,111 SPACE WEATHER AND WE'RE 522 00:21:53,111 --> 00:21:57,749 CONSTANTLY SEEKING NEW DATA TO 523 00:21:57,749 --> 00:21:58,250 REFINE THEM. 524 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:01,319 A HOST OF HELIO PHYSICS MISSIONS 525 00:22:01,319 --> 00:22:03,388 OBSERVES SPACE FROM A VARIETY OF 526 00:22:03,388 --> 00:22:10,128 POINTS. 527 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:12,497 IN AUGUST 2018, NASA LAUNCHED 528 00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:14,366 THE PARKER'S SOLAR PROBE TO HELP 529 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:16,268 US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SUN'S 530 00:22:16,268 --> 00:22:19,337 ACTIVITY. 531 00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:20,672 ESPECIALLY WHAT DRIVES THE SOLAR 532 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:22,774 WIND AND HOW ENERGETIC PARTICLES 533 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:23,809 GET ACCELERATED. 534 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:27,379 THIS DATA TO BE USED TO IMPROVE 535 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:29,081 MODELS ULTIMATELY HELPING US 536 00:22:29,081 --> 00:22:30,849 FIND NEW AND BETTER WAYS TO 537 00:22:30,849 --> 00:22:32,984 SHIELD OUR SPACE CRAFT AND 538 00:22:32,984 --> 00:22:36,288 PROTECT OUR ASTRONAUTS. 539 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:37,823 WHETHER IT WAS THE OCEANS 540 00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:39,224 ANCIENT SHIPS TRAVEL THROUGH OR 541 00:22:39,224 --> 00:22:42,160 THE SPACE WE'LL ONE DAY TRAVEL 542 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,096 TO, WE BEEN THIS, KEEPING A 543 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:45,464 WATCHFUL EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT 544 00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:48,100 AROUND US IS KEY TO ENSURING 545 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,935 SAFE PASSAGE. 546 00:22:49,935 --> 00:22:52,037 FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT 547 00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:54,106 MATTERS IN SPACE, VISIT 548 00:22:54,106 --> 00:23:01,113 SCIENCE.NASA.GOV. 549 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:02,047 FUTURE MISSIONS JUST MENTIONED 550 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:04,082 LIKE THE ONES THAT WILL RETURN 551 00:23:04,082 --> 00:23:05,050 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON 552 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,252 AND THEN TAKE THEM OUT TO THE 553 00:23:07,252 --> 00:23:08,787 SOLAR SYSTEM ARE PART OF THE 554 00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:10,622 ARTEMIS PROGRAM. 555 00:23:10,622 --> 00:23:12,557 THEY'LL BRING TOGETHER THE ORION 556 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:14,593 SPACE VEHICLE AND SPAWN MUCH 557 00:23:14,593 --> 00:23:16,962 LAUNCH ROCKET AND GROUND SYSTEMS 558 00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:19,798 AND AS YOU'LL SEE THE PEOPLE 559 00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:21,099 BUILDING THESE THINGS ARE 560 00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:22,134 WORKING HARD TO GET EVERYTHING 561 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:23,368 TO GO. 562 00:23:23,368 --> 00:23:24,603 TAKE LOOK AT THE PROGRESS BEING 563 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:26,872 MADE AT NASA CENTERS ALL ACROSS 564 00:23:26,872 --> 00:27:03,822 THE COUNTRY. 565 00:27:03,822 --> 00:27:05,056 IF YOU'D LIKE ANOTHER LOOK AT 566 00:27:05,056 --> 00:27:06,491 ANY OF THE STORIES WE FEATURED 567 00:27:06,491 --> 00:27:08,259 TODAY, HEAD ON OVER TO YOUTUBE 568 00:27:08,259 --> 00:27:10,495 AND FACEBOOK AT THOSE ADDRESSES 569 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:12,163 RIGHT THERE IN THE BLACK BOX ON 570 00:27:12,163 --> 00:27:13,598 THE NASA TV SCREEN. 571 00:27:13,598 --> 00:27:15,200 WHILE YOU'RE THERE FEEL FREE TO 572 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,868 CHECK OUT ALL THE OTHER COOL 573 00:27:16,868 --> 00:27:18,403 STUFF ABOUT NASA AND AMERICAN 574 00:27:18,403 --> 00:27:20,505 AMERICA'S HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 575 00:27:20,505 --> 00:27:20,805 PROGRAM. 576 00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,340 IF YOU RATHER TAKE IT TO GO, THE 577 00:27:22,340 --> 00:27:24,109 PLACE TO GO IS HOUSTON WE HAVE A 578 00:27:24,109 --> 00:27:24,576 PODCAST. 579 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:26,144 WE HEAR FIRST HAND FROM THOSE 580 00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:27,746 WORKING IN THE THICK OF ALL 581 00:27:27,746 --> 00:27:32,317 ASPECTS OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 582 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:35,387 TODAY WE GET THE INSIDE SCOOP ON 583 00:27:35,387 --> 00:27:36,788 WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP THE 584 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:38,289 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER RUNNING. 585 00:27:38,289 --> 00:27:39,557 YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE IN 586 00:27:39,557 --> 00:27:43,061 CHARGE AND BECAUSE IT'S THAT 587 00:27:43,061 --> 00:27:44,796 SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR HURRICANE 588 00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:45,296 RESPONSE. 589 00:27:45,296 --> 00:27:49,300 GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST FOR THIS 590 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:50,635 EPISODE AND PREVIOUS EPISODES 591 00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:51,936 AND FULL LIBRARY. 592 00:27:51,936 --> 00:27:53,038 YOU CAN LISTEN TO ANY OF THE 593 00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:55,573 ABOVE ON APPLE PODCAST, GOOGLE 594 00:27:55,573 --> 00:28:05,583 PODCAST AND SOUND CLOUD.